Agenda and draft minutes

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The Chair welcomed all present to the meeting and drew their attention to item one and the information contained therein.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Mallett.

Councillor Mitchell was in attendance as a substitute.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be considered at item 7 below).

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The Chair will explain the procedure that the Committee will follow for the hearing considered under the Licensing Act 2003. A copy of the procedure is attached.

The Chair outlined the procedure for the hearing as set out in the agenda pack.

To consider an application for a new premises licence.

Daliah Barrett, Licensing Officer, requested clarification as to which areas of the premises would be used for licensable activities.  Graham Hopkins, Applicant Representative, confirmed that licensable activities would take place in the ground floor games room, and the upstairs function hall and bar (marked as ‘auditorium’ and ‘lounge’ in the agenda pack).

Ms Barrett outlined the application for a new premises licence at The African Caribbean Community Centre, 9 Clarendon Road, N8 0DJ.  The application sought to sell alcohol, and provide regulated entertainment, and late night refreshment.  The hours requested were set out at page 3 of the agenda pack.  The current licence in operation was a club certificate and only allowed members to be on site.  There was also an application to remove a named Designated Premises Supervisor from the licence, and allow the management representatives to oversee the sale of alcohol.  Representations had been received from the Police, Enforcement Response, and Interested Parties.  The conditions requested by the Police had been agreed by the Applicant; and the representation had therefore been withdrawn.

Derek Pearce, Enforcement Response, outlined his representation against the application.  Should the licence be granted, it was important that consideration be made with regard to the amount of noise incidents that had occurred at the premises.  A number of conditions had been requested, and the Applicant had agreed to these.  The car parking issue was not something that was enforceable by the Noise Team and would need to be referred to Parking Enforcement.  Ms Barrett added that whilst it would be for Parking Enforcement to deal with issues, the premises could help these issues by providing parking marshals, or managing the parking around the premises.

The Interested Parties outlined their representations against the premises, the main issues being litter problems, noise from late night events, large groups of people congregating outside the blocks of flats and parking issues.  The premises had been approached by local residents and asked to display signs asking customers to leave the premises quietly, but this request was refused. 

Mr Hopkins presented the application for a premises licence.  He pointed out that the car park at the front of the premises was for exclusive use by customers at the premises.  The centre was a not-for-profit club for the community.  The premises was used for public hire, and it was stated that the bar was always under the control of the management, and hirers were not allowed to bring their own alcohol at the premises.  The Applicant had agreed to all of the conditions, requested by the Police and they have since withdrawn their application.  The Applicant had also agreed to the conditions as set out by Enforcement Response, but added that in terms of external DJs, the Applicant had suggested an alternative of heavy duty matting and this would be discussed with the Enforcement Team.  Mr Hopkins explained that the function room had no windows, and with a noise limiter fitted, no noise should emanate from the premises.  Mr Hopkins stated that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

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